diff --git a/src/calibre/library/catalog.py b/src/calibre/library/catalog.py index 13df6625d4..8edf266cfb 100644 --- a/src/calibre/library/catalog.py +++ b/src/calibre/library/catalog.py @@ -4314,10 +4314,9 @@ then rebuild the catalog.\n''').format(author[0],author[1],current_author[1]) # Date of publication pubdate = book['date'] - if pubdate: - pubmonth, pubyear = pubdate.split(' ') - else: - pubmonth = pubyear = '' + pubmonth, pubyear = pubdate.split() + if pubyear == '101': + pubdate = pubmonth = pubyear = '' # Thumb _soup = BeautifulSoup('',selfClosingTags=['img'])